The short-form week of 18–24 Aug 2008
25 Aug 2008; last modified 13 Mar 2011
The week in review, 140 characters at a time. This week, 48 messages in 39 conversations.
This document was created automatically from my archive of my Twitter stream. Due to limitations in the Twitter API and occasional glitches in my archiving system, it may not be 100% complete.
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:30pm
Whats with the mass switch to Manga profile pictures? Anyway, I think my "Simpsonized"
self is the best: http://ping.fm/AnEzT—@NishantK
@NishantK Good to get that perspective! (And I'm not in love with my 680 nearly as much as
my dear departed 600.)—@xmlgrrl
@jamoussou I haven't really looked at it yet. Heads down on spec, on work, and on getting my
own impl out the door.—@ndw
@jamoussou Here: http://norman.walsh.name/2007/projects/xproc but totally rewritten since the last public release. New one this week, I hope—@ndw
Monday at 09:12pm
Name that implementation. Naming my XProc impl "xproc" is just dumb. And confusing.
Be immortalized forever, or for a little while...—@ndw
Monday at 09:13pm
...at least: suggest a better name.—@ndw
Tuesday at 08:49am
Oh for the love of! Call back a missed call doesn't work because it doesn't dial the
1! WTF!—@ndw
Tuesday at 08:50am
Slowly losing my vision as doctors pupil dilation drugs kick in...—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 02:42pm
After the editor wars, the Emacs xml mode wars.—@roessler
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:05pm
WIFE DRANK ALL THE BEER! I guess my only option is to go sob quietly in the corner.—@wmperry
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 08:53pm
when Jesus said "Be fishers of Men" did he mean that I should play that COD game¿—@johnsonch
Tuesday at 09:32pm
Pulling my thoughts together for blog posts: XProc, DocBook, iPhone, Tag soup—@ndw
Wednesday at 12:58pm
Jabra BT headset remarkably comfortable. Can I have a base station for my landline?—@ndw
Thursday at 05:12am
Ridin' the southbound train to NYC—@ndw
Thursday at 05:12am
Alas, Amtrak cars seem to function as GPS shielding for the iPhone—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:36am
Rolling past waterways choked with purple loostrife.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 06:27am
http://twitpic.com/8gek : HTML Tidy, SGML Parser or Serial? Leaning towards Serial. Still not sure, though.—@koalie
Thursday at 01:06pm
Some of my readers have done the conference/unconference/*camp thing. Any thoughts
on doing a DocBook one of any of those?—@ndw
Thursday at 01:50pm
Thursday at 02:06pm
xmlcalabash.com FTW!—@ndw
Thursday at 03:04pm
Palringo uses password anti-pattern. FAIL.—@ndw
Thursday at 05:37pm
Pulling into Hartford, insurance capital of the US. Homeward bound.—@ndw
Thursday at 05:40pm
I've decided the factory supplied ear buds suck; wonder what the best answer is for
easily portable, comfortable ear gear—@ndw
Friday at 07:31am
Mental short circuit: wanted to start Twitteriffic, started Chicken of the VNC instead:
wrong bird!—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:03am
Oh, for pity's sake, -PT4H is a valid xs:dayTimeDuration but +PT4H isn't? Bah.—@ndw
Friday at 01:16pm
"Impactful" is not a word. I'm just saying—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 01:41pm
IT companies like to tell you how many millions you will save by using their product.
Same the "buy detergent X, save $1.25" of Wal-Mart.—@avernet
Friday at 02:15pm
Beep. Beep. Beep. Low battery noise from headset driving me mad.—@ndw
Friday at 02:45pm
Discovering Brazilian Girls from today's tweet stream.—@ndw
Friday at 03:13pm
Back to NYC on Monday...at 4a. Sigh.—@ndw
Friday at 04:33pm
Stick a fork in me folks, I'm done. Is that a G&T I smell? Why yes, I do believe it
is.—@ndw
Friday at 05:05pm
Making dinner. Pork chops. Nomnomnom. Looking forward to DVRed Olympic goodness.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 05:54pm
"Lastest" seems to be a popular word in documentation nowadays. Microsoft and @sunmicrosystems, I am looking at you.—@ceri
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 05:55am
my favourite iphone App, which I paid for, no longer works because updating it failed
because of an unknown error (0xE800002E) :-(—@therealmaxf
@therealmaxf Which app is your favorite?—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 06:13am
http://is.gd/1QWp What is happening in the states?—@dpawson
@dpawson Little men with power using fear, uncertainty, and doubt to undo the Constitution.
Pardon me while I barf on my shoes.—@ndw
@ndw Todo. With toodledo.com (in Fluid!), it is (was) a great synced todo setup. I suppose
I'll go back to zenbe now. Less powerful but free—@therealmaxf
@therealmaxf I've been using Remember the Milk with some success—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 02:14pm
Math. You're doing it wrong. http://tinyurl.com/5vftl9—@roessler
Sunday at 01:57pm
Another dead wireless router. What is it with me?—@ndw
Sunday at 03:03pm
Looking for a couple of smoke-testers for my XProc impl—@ndw
Sunday at 04:15pm
If anyone tries xmlcalabash.com and has anything to report before I put my foot in
it in public, t'would be appreciated.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 04:17pm
Time now to start the grill. Meat cooked on an open flame. Nomnomnom.—@ndw
Sunday at 06:22pm
I may just turn twitted off until after the DNC. Nothing will be said or done that
won't be repeated 100 times.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 09:02pm
Why is my mercurial commit hook not running? Hmph.—@ndw
@cutlass Yes, it should be calabash.jar. I thought of that as I was going to sleep last night
:-)—@ndw